Brickmaking-machine.



No. 893,408. v PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

E. L. WILES.

BRIGKMAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7,1906.

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No. 893,408. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

E. L. WILES.

BRIGKMAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7,1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN L. WILES, OF STONY POINT, NEW YORK.

BRICKMAKING-MACHINE Application filed June 7, 1906.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. WILEs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Stony Point, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brickrnaking-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates .to brick molding machines and the object of the invention is to provide a machine of simple construction and increased strength. compared to machines of this type now in general use. In machines of this type nearest in construction to that herein shown, one of the upright pillars at the front of the machine was cut through and a casting has been fitted into the frame in such a way as to form a gap, through which the molds were inserted into position to receive the brick making materials.

The main object of my invention is to obviate the necessity of cutting through the frame and by so doing I save the cost of pro viding the gap casting and also reduce the expense of construction and at the same time I am enabled to make a stronger and more durable machine.

The next object of my invention is to simplify the driving mechanism by mounting it almost entirely on the top of the machine instead of partly on the side, as has heretofore been the practice, and to locate the parts in such positions that they may be examined, oiled and inspected without difficulty while the machine is in operation.

The general features of the machine are old in the art and therefore I have dispensed with showing in the drawings such parts as are old and Well understood, and have shown the features which I believe to be new.

Referring to the drawings which form'part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side'view of the machine showing the driving mechanism mounted on the top of the same and the frame pillars extending from the ground to the top of the machine unbroken. (Section being taken on line XX of Fig. 2.) Fig. 2 is a front view of the same including the outer supporting pillars and the main driving pulley.

AA etc. indicate the four main supporting pillars comprising the main frame, and A indicates one of the outer supporting pillars, the second one being located behind the one shown. Located at the lower end of the main frame and supported thereby, is

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Serial No. 320,508.

the table B, which is adjustable vertically to some extent by means of the box and screw arrangement B.

C-CC indicate the molds which are arranged in line with each other in such manner that the mold located nearest to the front of the machine will be in proper position to receive the brick making material when the mold directly behind it would be located between the two front pillars of the main frame. Heretofore it has been the custom to cut away one of the front pillars and use a gap casting so'that the second mold could be placed in position on the table di rectly behind the first mold, but I have conceived that by using three molds at a time on the table, I can place the third mold in line and by means of the reciprocating means hereinafter more fully described, 'I can advance the three molds together, and thereby dispense with the necessity of cutting through the pillars, as will be easily understood. There is nochange necessary in the form of the molds from that heretofore used, nor in the plunger by means of which the bricks are pressed, nor in the mixing chamber or agitator which works therein, but I have made improvements in the machine by locating the driving means on the top of the machine and by locating the crank lever by means of which the molds are advanced, on the outside of the machine at the back thereof, instead of under the table B, where it has heretofore been placed, and I am thereby enabled to oil and clean the same at any time without stopping the machine. This part of the ma chine is well known in the art and needs no further description.

D is the main driving pulley, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. which drives a shaft on which is mounted a spur gear d, which in turn drives the gear E which drives the shaft E carrying the driving half of the cou ling F, the connection of which with F w1ll cause the machine to be driven as a whole or by disconnecting same will allow the machine proper to be stopped without stopping the rotation of the main driving pulley D.

The coupling F is connected to the shaft 9 on which are also mounted the gear wheels G and H. The gear wheel I-I drives the gear wheel I which turns the shaft J on which the agitators are mounted for mixing the materials in the usual manner.

The gear K is driven by the gear G and reciprocates the rod L by means of which the simplified and strengthened the construction and at the same time reduced the cost. The construction and operation of this type of machine is so well known in the art that fur.-

ther description is deemed unnecessary.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a frame com prising four vertical pillars extending from the base of the frame to the top of the same unbroken, a table supported near the base of the frame which is adapted to hold molds in which bricks are formed and of sufiicient length to allow three sets of molds to be placed thereon at one time in line with each other, means for pressing material in said molds located between the two front pillars of the frame, means for operating said pressing means located at the top of said frame, said means comprising a counter shaft having gears mounted thereon, a shaft located above said counter shaft-and driven therefrom, a gear wheel driven from said second shaft, a

said

shaft connected to said wheel and adapted to be reciprocated thereby, and means for advancing said molds located at the rear end of said table and adapted to operate above the surface thereof as set forth.

2. In a machine of the character described, a frame comprising unbroken upright pillars, a table supported near the base of said frame adapted to hold molds in which bricks are formed and of suflicient length to allow of three sets of molds to be placed thereon in alinement at one time, means for pressing material in said molds, comprising a counter shaft located on the upper part of said pillars and carrying two gear wheels, a second shaft located above said counter shaft and having gears thereon in mesh with ears on the counter shaft, and a gear wheel driven by one of said last named gears, a rod connected in adjustable relation thereto and extending to the lower rear end of the frame of the machine and adapted to actuate the means for advancing sald molds, and means for advancing said molds located at the rear of said table and adapted to operate from above the surface of the table substantially as shown.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 26th day of May A. D. 1906.

EDWVIN L. WILES Witnesses:

FRANK M. AsHLEY, FRANK L. SEAVER. 

